Doll head



W. H. MITCHELL.

DOLL HEAD.

APPLICATION FILED )ULY23, 1920.

Patented May 2', 1922.

a m M w 8 WILLIAM H..1EI'IGHELL, 0F RICHLTOND, INDIANA.

DOLL HEAD.

Be it lrnown that I, WILLIAM H. Mrrorr- ELL, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Richmond, in the county of Wayne, State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Doll Heads, of which the following is a full, clear, and comprehensive specification and exposition, being such as will enable others to manufacture the same. I

The object of this invention, broadly stated, is to provide a doll head which will be life-like in appearance, simple in construction, wherein the eyes will be-automatic in operation, and which can be manufactured and sold at a. comparatively low price. More specifically stated my object is to provide doll heads with eyes which will have universal movements, that is the eyes will operate downwardly and also will operate late-rally, thereby causing the eyes to have a more natural or human appearance when the doll is moved.

The preferred means for carrying out the principles of my invention in a practical manner is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is an exterior face elevation of a doll head containing my improvements. Figure 2 is a front elevation of my mechanism alone, showing the same when the head is normal or in vertical position. Figure 3 is the same as Fig. 2 except that it shows the position of the parts when the head is turned to move the eyes to one side. Figure 4 is a rear elevation of the parts as shown in Fig. 2. Figure 5 is a top plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 2. Figure 6 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 2. Figure 7 is vertical section as taken through one of the eyes. Figure 8 is a perspective view of the body or sup-porting frame for the eyes. And Figure 9 is a side elevation showing the position of the parts when the eyes are turned out of their normal positions.

Similar indices denote like parts throughout the several views.

In order that the construction, the operation. and the advantages of my invention may be better understood and appreciated I will now take up a detailed description thereof, in which I will set forth the several features as fully and as comprehensively as I may.

h the drawings letter A denotes the shell of the head, the same having eye-apertures Specification of Letters I atent.

Patented May 2, 1922.

1920. Serial No. 398,413.

B and C therein, and otherwise made to resemble a human head.

Secured to and projecting inward toward each other from the inside of the shell A, and terminating on each side of the apertures' B and G, are the prongs 1 and 2 of the hanger, and between said prongs is pivoted the frame 3 which is adapted to rotate on the ends of the said prongs, said rotating movements being limited only by the inner ends of the prongs impinging the upper and the lower leaves of the frame 3. I

Formed vertically through. the said leaves of the frame 3 are'the apertures ll and 55. Pivoted in the apertures l4 is the arm 6, andlikewisepivoted in the apertures 55 is the arm 7.

Numerals 8 and 9 denote the eye-balls, there being a right-angular notch formed in the lower rear portion of each eye-ball, in which notches are located the respective end portions of the frame 3. Said arms 6 and 7 are given a right-angular forward bend above the respective upper leaves of the frame 3, with their forward ends rigidly secured in the respective eye-balls, as shown in Fig. 7. From the frame 3 the said arms 6 and 7 extend downward and rearward at an angle, and their lower rear ends are pivotedly connected by the connecting-bar 1.0. A weight 11 is secured in the center of the bar 10. At each end the bar 10 projects outward beyond the arms 6 and 7 and the eX- treme ends thereof are bent at right-angles thereto forming the prongs 12 and 13.

Cork or rubber cushions 14 and 15 are secured in the respective prongs 12 and 13 to engage the sides of the shell to limit the movements of the arms laterally.

Numeral 16 denotes the iris, and 17 denotes the pupil of the respective eyes.

From the above it will be seen that if the doll-head be held in vertical normal position that the pupils of the eyes will be direeted as though the doll were looking straight ahead, and then as the head is leaned rearward the eyes will apparently close, that is the weight 11 will swing backward into the center of the head, thereby causing the eyes to turn downward so that the iris and the pupil of each will disappear and only the white of the balls thereabove can be seen.

Also when the head is turned only slightly rearward and then turned to the right or the left the eyes will move laterally whereby the pupil and the iris of each will appear to turn opposite thereto, that is to the left or the right.

The cushions 14 and 15 are adapted to engage the inside of the shell, when the head is turned sidewise, in order to limit the sidewise movements of the eyes.

It will be observed that by reason of the connecting-bar 10 the two eyes will always move together so that their operations will be natural.

I desire that it be understood that various changes may be made in the several details of construction without departing from the spirit of the invention and without sacrificing any of the advantages thereof which are new and useful.

Having now fully shown and described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is--- A shell formed as a doll head having eyeapertures therein, prongs projecting inward toward each other from the inside of the shell and terminating on each side of said eye apertures, a frame pivoted between said prongs, upper and lower leaves connected with the frame and having apertures there in, arms pivoted in said apertures of the frame, eye-balls each having a right-angular notch formed in the lower rear portion thereof with the end portions of said frame located in said notches, said arms each having a right-angular forward bend above the respective upper leaves of the frame with the forward ends of said arms rigidly secured in the respective eye-balls, rearward downward and angularly extending projections from said arms, a connecting-bar pivotedly connecting the lower ends of said extensions, and a weight secured to the said connecting bar, all substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM H. MITCHELL. Witnesses:

Rom". W. HANDLE, R. E. RANDLE. 

